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100 Greatest Movies of the 80s

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By DJ Funktual


The Top 25

  1. Platoon

  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark

  3. Tootsie

  4. The Killing Fields

  5. Sixteen Candles

  6. Empire of the Sun

  7. Big

  8. The Empire Strikes Back

  9. A Christmas Story

  10. Victory

  11. Rain Man

  12. The Outsiders

  13. We're No Angels

  14. Hoosiers

  15. Do The Right Thing

  16. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

  17. National Lampoon's "Vacation"

  18. Full Metal Jacket

  19. Gandhi

  20. Raising Arizona

  21. Arthur

  22. Brazil

  23. sex, lies and vodeotape

  24. Back To The Future

  25. Fast Times At Ridgemont High

IT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE HEART OF EVERYONE WHO SEES IT.


26. The Elephant Man

27. Driving Miss Daisy

28. Die Hard

29. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

30. Stand By Me

31. Amadeus

32. The Natural

33. Silkwood

34. Poltergeist

35. Raging Bull

36. Moonstruck

37. Wall Street

38. Dead Poet's Society

39. Airplane!

40. The Shining

41. The Color Purple

42. Parenthood

43. Drugstore Cowboy

44. A Fish Called Wanda

45. The Goonies

46. Eight Men Out

47. Heathers

48. The Mosquito Coast

49. Gorillas in the Mist

50. The Breakfast Club

One of the Best Things David Mamet ever wrote!

I Love This Film With Every Fabric Of My Being!
I Love This Film With Every Fabric Of My Being!

51. Escape From New York

52. Private Benjamin

53. Planes, Trains & Automobiles

54. Barfly

55. The Princess Bride

56. This is Spinal Tap

57. Aliens

58. Pink Floyd: The Wall

59. The Purple Rose of Cairo

60. Blow Out

61. Mississippi Burning

62. An Officer and a Gentleman

63. The Terminator

64. Coming To America

65. The Lost Boys

66. Baby Boom

67. Throw Momma From The Train

68. Broadcast News

69. Working Girl

70. Steel Magnolias

71. Lean On Me

72. My Left Foot

73. Roger & Me

74. say anything...

75. Blue Velvet


And The Final 25 are the survivors of a big cut.

 

76. River's Edge

77. Midnight Run

78. About Last Night...

79. After Hours

80. Mr. Mom

81. Bad Boys

82. The Thing

83. WarGames

84. Agnes of God

85. The Karate Kid

86. Return of the Jedi

87. Superman II

88. Stranger Than Paradise

89. Mask

90. Splash

91. All of Me

92. Rocky III

93. Clash of the Titans

94. Time Bandits

95. Scarface

96. The Money Pit

97. 9 to 5

98. Biloxi Blues

99. Red Dawn

100. Little Shop of Horrors

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PCaholicDotCom profile image

PCaholicDotCom  says:
2 years ago

Coming To America.... classic!

"ladies and gentlemen Mr.. Randy... Watson!"

Love that singing guy in the movie... yes also played by Eddie Murphy :-)

Peter

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desert blondie  says:
2 years ago

Loved seeing this list!

cat3na profile image

cat3na  says:
15 months ago

This list is spot on, so glad karate kid made the cut, it is one of my favourite 80s movies!

Cailin Gallagher profile image

Cailin Gallagher  says:
15 months ago

Love your list!

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Siu-Wai  says:
12 months ago

Great list! I'm still back in the eighties for favorite movies--haven't quite caught up to the new millenium or even the '90's. Glad to see "The Elephant Man" on there at #26.I greatly admire Joseph Merrick (called "John" in the film)

 

Ulatec  says:
12 months ago

So Conan The Barbairian the best swords and sorcery movie ever made never makes the list ?

Righttt.....

kayly  says:
10 months ago

What about dirty dancing, pretty in pink, pretty woman, risky business, terms of enderment?

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DJ Funktual  says:
10 months ago

LOL. I'm getting requests for Conan & Dirty Dancing.

MJ  says:
5 months ago

The Shining by any chance???

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